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residents' favor is the fact that the city of palo alto city council will have to approve a change in the use permit although it's not required right now, the city could put on a requirement there that the new apartment building will have a certain number of units designated as low-income housing. >> thank you, len ramirez. >>> a two-alarm fire that tore through an oakland apartment building left four people without a place to stay. it broke out this morning in a top floor unit at the three- story complex near warfield. no one was hurt but the fire did $100,000 in damage. no word yet on the cause. >>> if that wasn't enough another warning today about the danger of holiday house fires. this scene, courtesy of firefighters on the peninsula. they wanted to show how fast that christmas tree can turn into a holiday disaster. >> the point is that we don't want bad things to happen. we want everybody to have a very safe holiday season so we're showing people what not to do and what to think about and not do this year. >> the chief says the best way to prevent fires from happening is to show
residents' favor is the fact that the city of palo alto city council will have to approve a change in the use permit although it's not required right now, the city could put on a requirement there that the new apartment building will have a certain number of units designated as low-income housing. >> thank you, len ramirez. >>> a two-alarm fire that tore through an oakland apartment building left four people without a place to stay. it broke out this morning in a top floor unit...
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the road outside of the dock town marina in redwood city. it's a scene repeated more frequently than in the past. paul is the harbor master. >> it gets deep here but dissipates quickly. >> reporter: the tides created a problem for alberto contreras whose car floated away during yesterday's king tide. >> when i opened the door, all water come in. >> reporter: how high do you think it was here? >> right up to the door. >> reporter: his family arrived to push the car out of harm's way today. in a study from 2009, the oakland-based pacific institute says san mateo county could be the hardest hit as sea levels continue to rise and water creeps ever further inland. the report says one approach it protect property over the long term would be to install dikes, dunes and seawalls or perhaps it is time to rethink long-term development. >> it doesn't seem very smart to build in very low-lying areas anymore. >> reporter: she is with the sierra club. >> should we really be putting people's lives and their entire life savings at risk? a citizen is entitle
the road outside of the dock town marina in redwood city. it's a scene repeated more frequently than in the past. paul is the harbor master. >> it gets deep here but dissipates quickly. >> reporter: the tides created a problem for alberto contreras whose car floated away during yesterday's king tide. >> when i opened the door, all water come in. >> reporter: how high do you think it was here? >> right up to the door. >> reporter: his family arrived to push...
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he also announced pros posing two new gun control laws for the city. one that bans hollow point bullets, another that notifies law enforcement when anyone buys 500 rounds or more of any type of ammunition. now marin county is going to do a gun buy-back. the district attorney says they will have it on martin luther king day in mid-january. he says not only are they buying back weapons, but get this parents, they say you can also sell your child's ultraviolet videogames back. clearly, you know, it's really strange, holding that weapon, those machine guns in my hand like that and you can see why they're buoyed by the success but they acknowledge there are still thousands of these firearms still on the streets and new ones being sold every day as well as videogames. >> thank you. >>> san francisco police are already planning another gun buy-back. but cbs 5 reporter mark sayre shows us it may be impossible to keep ahead of a huge spike in gun sales. mark. >> reporter: well, juliette, not only is the renewed push to restrict guns coming from washington but t
he also announced pros posing two new gun control laws for the city. one that bans hollow point bullets, another that notifies law enforcement when anyone buys 500 rounds or more of any type of ammunition. now marin county is going to do a gun buy-back. the district attorney says they will have it on martin luther king day in mid-january. he says not only are they buying back weapons, but get this parents, they say you can also sell your child's ultraviolet videogames back. clearly, you know,...
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look the at highs in the low 50s for san raphael, napa, redwood city. we are dry from late tomorrow through the day on thursday. and then the showers are back again on friday and saturday. then we get a longer drying trend. sunday, monday and tuesday, first day of 2013. wet out there tonight, watch out if you're going to be out and b going to be a soggy christmas evening. that's the cbs 5 forecast. >>> stranded for days after climbing the stairs. the rescue of a pony named cranky. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, rocket? one that hovers like a helicopter! the company >>> what would be better than a plane rocket? how about one that hovers like a helicopter. space x conducted a successful test of the so-called grasshopper rocket. lifted off, hovered and safely touched down back on the launch pad. the company says it's almost ready for the real first launch. >>> talk about closing the barn door after the horse bolted. this time, it was a pony. we have more on the complicated mission to rescue a stranded animal. >> reporter: he was able to unhook the latch, climb all the w
look the at highs in the low 50s for san raphael, napa, redwood city. we are dry from late tomorrow through the day on thursday. and then the showers are back again on friday and saturday. then we get a longer drying trend. sunday, monday and tuesday, first day of 2013. wet out there tonight, watch out if you're going to be out and b going to be a soggy christmas evening. that's the cbs 5 forecast. >>> stranded for days after climbing the stairs. the rescue of a pony named cranky....
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the city council realizes that. but they don't like the predictions from some of the engineering companies that it could take months. they say step on the gas and get this filled. this mountain view drive is used by a lot of residents that go up into the hills here around lafayette and they need this roadway back. how long it's going to take, nobody can tell you that right now. but they are going to the state of california for disaster money as well to see if they can speed things along. in laugh yet, reporting live from mobile5, in lafayette, ken bastida. back to you. >> thank you. >>> doesn't really make any sense. why would you shoot someone on a bike? >> a nursing home worker gunned down outside of a school. the search for clues in the killing of a cyclist in berkeley. >> phones, watches, computers and kindles. the massive criminal operation busted in a bay area city. >> over an inch of rain fell throughout the bay area today. now the day the bay area will dry out as eyewitness news continues with your pinpoint
the city council realizes that. but they don't like the predictions from some of the engineering companies that it could take months. they say step on the gas and get this filled. this mountain view drive is used by a lot of residents that go up into the hills here around lafayette and they need this roadway back. how long it's going to take, nobody can tell you that right now. but they are going to the state of california for disaster money as well to see if they can speed things along. in...
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the city sends out. it is just insult to injury >> it is another example of the animosity of city hall and its police officers over pension reform. citizens like eddie gail says it is high time the two sides settle their differences. >> i'm not saying she is right or wrong or this the officers are right or wrong. i am saying there needs to be respect on both sides. >> reporter: delay do have an internal affairs unit where officers investigate officers. reporting live in san jose, len ramirez, cbs 5. >>> in richmond, police are telling people to keep an eye out for this guy. investigators say this is the same suspect from two different kidnappings and rapes. police also think he tried to attack another woman last month. all of the attacks have happened near 23rd street in richmond. >>> in oakland, police say a man plunged during last night's raiders game, it was accident. the he climbed over the wall outside the third deck, hung briefly from the railing and then dropped 30 feet. he is now in serious condi
the city sends out. it is just insult to injury >> it is another example of the animosity of city hall and its police officers over pension reform. citizens like eddie gail says it is high time the two sides settle their differences. >> i'm not saying she is right or wrong or this the officers are right or wrong. i am saying there needs to be respect on both sides. >> reporter: delay do have an internal affairs unit where officers investigate officers. reporting live in san...
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richmond's homicide rate is down and the city is no longer on the most dangerous list. this year 18 people were killed. that is a drop from 45 just three years ago. it is the lowest number the stelazine since 2001. >>> in san francisco, the business improvement district is trying to deal with pushy panhandlers. they are interviewing people glove to the panhandlers. the idea is coming up with concrete ideas to finally stop what has been a problem for years. >>> thousands of bay area nurses walked off the job. this 24 hour strike is the latest in the series of strikes by the california nurses association. as usual, the hospital brought in replacement nurses. union leaders and manages still ateds over benefits and staffing. >>> right now, odds are you finished with your shopping if you are watching our newscast, right? cbs 5 reporter mike sugerman has the annual story of last minute annual shoppers. how busy are those stores? >> reporter: these are the people who in high school waited until the last minute to turn in their term paper. actually to start writing it. the mall
richmond's homicide rate is down and the city is no longer on the most dangerous list. this year 18 people were killed. that is a drop from 45 just three years ago. it is the lowest number the stelazine since 2001. >>> in san francisco, the business improvement district is trying to deal with pushy panhandlers. they are interviewing people glove to the panhandlers. the idea is coming up with concrete ideas to finally stop what has been a problem for years. >>> thousands of bay...
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an area neighbors say gets the brunt of bad luck during storms. >> what's the city going to do to make sure all the rest of the trees don't fall down to make sure everybody else is safe? >> reporter: nobody in this incident was hurt. but one neighbor told me i guess it goes to show, you can't park anywhere in the city. in san francisco, cate caugiran, cbs 5. >>> and you can track the storm anytime with our live high-def doppler radar on our website, cbssf.com/weather. >>> this is beyond shocking. >> a deadly home invasion in an unscale bay area community. why the weather is making the murder investigation a race against time. >> first anthem blue cross. tonight the other proposed rate hikes for hundreds of thousands of california's healthcare customers. >> two to four inches of rain have fallen here at the farm over the past 24 hours. and we still have light rain falling. but it is certainly not dampening the spirits of over 50,000 people who turned out to this important football game. good evening, i'm roberta gonzales with mobile weather as eyewitness news continues on cbs 5. ,, ,, w
an area neighbors say gets the brunt of bad luck during storms. >> what's the city going to do to make sure all the rest of the trees don't fall down to make sure everybody else is safe? >> reporter: nobody in this incident was hurt. but one neighbor told me i guess it goes to show, you can't park anywhere in the city. in san francisco, cate caugiran, cbs 5. >>> and you can track the storm anytime with our live high-def doppler radar on our website, cbssf.com/weather....
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the bay area city that could lose its only fire station. >> on the 8th day of the port strike in southern california, new action to try to put an end to it. >> he's making cynical comments, like filthy comments. >> then the target worker got hit by a comedian the other slap in the face just hours after the video surfaced. when i take a picture of this check, it goes straight to the bank. oh. oh look the lion is out! no mommy no! don't worry honey, it only works on checks. deposit checks from your smartphone with chase quickdeposit. just snap a picture, hit send and done. take a step forward and chase what matters. ?f< oh, it's great! now i can brew my coffee just the way i love it. how do you do that? well, inside the brewer, there's this train that's powerful enough to carry more coffee and fresh water to make coffee that's stronger and bigger... and even hotter! actually, i just press this button. brew the coffee you love -- stronger, bigger, or hotter -- with the keurig vue. serve. but time could be running out for some fire stations in parts of contra costa county. >>> now at 6:30, th
the bay area city that could lose its only fire station. >> on the 8th day of the port strike in southern california, new action to try to put an end to it. >> he's making cynical comments, like filthy comments. >> then the target worker got hit by a comedian the other slap in the face just hours after the video surfaced. when i take a picture of this check, it goes straight to the bank. oh. oh look the lion is out! no mommy no! don't worry honey, it only works on checks....
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units work in the city. that's going to end. >> reporter: bratton put his sights on the most crime-ridden areas of the city flooding them with hundreds of officers and conducted regular street sweeps. oakland wants him to build an anticrime road map here. >> he is going to have free rein. >> reporter: city leaders admit crime south of control. within hours of yesterday's announcement, three more people were killed. city leaders admit crime is out of chrome. oakland is still working to hire a court ordered director to oversee the police department. its troubles date back to the riders scandal. four officers were accused of planting evidence and making false arrests. some question the need for another high-priced consultant. >> we now have a compliance director that we're working on and we have a monitor that's involved. and so, you know, the question is, how is he going to fit in this overall brock racy that we have -- bureaucracy that we have here? >> the chief says they can work together. >> there can be cr
units work in the city. that's going to end. >> reporter: bratton put his sights on the most crime-ridden areas of the city flooding them with hundreds of officers and conducted regular street sweeps. oakland wants him to build an anticrime road map here. >> he is going to have free rein. >> reporter: city leaders admit crime south of control. within hours of yesterday's announcement, three more people were killed. city leaders admit crime is out of chrome. oakland is still...
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why one bay area city is fighting to keep a piece of the past. >> reporter: these guys were blue as a swimmer's lips today. the bill chill headed toward the bay area after we pay a bill or two. stay tuned. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the new logo, has gathered e >>> the new uc logo is getting a big thumb's double it has gathered more than 39 thundershower signatures for the petition. ed a min stray -- 39,000 signatures. officials say they wanted a more user friendly stein, but critics say it doesn't match elegance of the old one. >> now it's just a rub -- rubber stamp nothing. >> university officials say alumni and officials were consulted about the design. we are told the old one will be used for official university correspondence. >>> sit art or an eyesore. people are taking sides over what to do about some old boat. cbs 5 reporter don ford with that story tonight. >> reporter: beautiful and picture risk, these old boats have been stuck here for nearly half a century. now the bacon service and development commission says they must be removed. marine owner says lots of folks enjoy the view. >> hu
why one bay area city is fighting to keep a piece of the past. >> reporter: these guys were blue as a swimmer's lips today. the bill chill headed toward the bay area after we pay a bill or two. stay tuned. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the new logo, has gathered e >>> the new uc logo is getting a big thumb's double it has gathered more than 39 thundershower signatures for the petition. ed a min stray -- 39,000 signatures. officials say they wanted a more user friendly stein, but critics say it...
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it's an important neighborhood for the city. it would be great for the city. >> reporter: it would also be good politics. you see, the subway was going to stop here in chinatown. but to get all the equipment in and out to build it, they would have to keep boring on down the street to north beach and pull all the machinery out by digging a big pitch here at this intersection. >> it's going to disrupt the whole neighborhood and damage business. >> reporter: so the feeling was, chinatown gets the subway station and north beach gets the shaft. >> i've heard that phrase. now, i think they raised a very legitimate point. records and those concerns including threatened lawsuits and a lot of heat aimed at city hall. but by giving north beach a pete's of the subway deal, folks are at least taking a second look at the idea. >> they are proposing 1500 people per hour to be dropped off into the neighborhood. why wouldn't it make sense? >> it depends how they put it together. >> reporter: deals like this don't come cheap. a north beach stop
it's an important neighborhood for the city. it would be great for the city. >> reporter: it would also be good politics. you see, the subway was going to stop here in chinatown. but to get all the equipment in and out to build it, they would have to keep boring on down the street to north beach and pull all the machinery out by digging a big pitch here at this intersection. >> it's going to disrupt the whole neighborhood and damage business. >> reporter: so the feeling was,...
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about 44 in the city. 38 down at redwood city. forecast highs tomorrow no better than mid-50s. 55 santa clara and milpitas and 50s in the east bay. up into the north bay the same 52 santa rosa, 54 sausalito. extended forecast after the chance of rain saturday, we are going to be leaving it all behind for the rest of the week for new years and beyond and time for the snow report. sugar bowl looks good with 4" of new snow and snow in the offing for saturday. there's your snow report. we have sports next. ,, look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes, it took a minute to download a song. that's sixty seconds, for crying out loud. we know how long a minute is! sitting, waiting for an album to download. i still have back problems. you're only 14 and a half. he doesn't have back problems. you kids have got it too good if you ask me. [ male announcer ] now u-verse high speed internet has more speed op
about 44 in the city. 38 down at redwood city. forecast highs tomorrow no better than mid-50s. 55 santa clara and milpitas and 50s in the east bay. up into the north bay the same 52 santa rosa, 54 sausalito. extended forecast after the chance of rain saturday, we are going to be leaving it all behind for the rest of the week for new years and beyond and time for the snow report. sugar bowl looks good with 4" of new snow and snow in the offing for saturday. there's your snow report. we have...
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the mayors in the biggest cities here in the bay area all agree that something has to be done. but it's not just the mayors. we are here in hayward because the state treasurer said meet me in hayward so we're here. and he points out that california has actually invested millions of dollars into a gun manufacturer, the same one that made the gun used in newtown, connecticut. and this has led to a series of political maneuvers. in an open letter to the president today, eight big city mayors from new york to los angeles asked for an outright ban on assault weapons. >> it's clear that gun is not for the streets it's not for sports. it's really a gun of war. >> reporter: san francisco mayor ed lee and oakland mayor jean quan agree with the federal assault weapons ban that's already in place in california. the two cities just had their largest gun buy-back event taking 600 firearms off the streets. >> the reality is we can buy back hundreds but if we can't stop the flow into nevada and increasingly now for the internet and other sources, this is where we really need and that's why i
the mayors in the biggest cities here in the bay area all agree that something has to be done. but it's not just the mayors. we are here in hayward because the state treasurer said meet me in hayward so we're here. and he points out that california has actually invested millions of dollars into a gun manufacturer, the same one that made the gun used in newtown, connecticut. and this has led to a series of political maneuvers. in an open letter to the president today, eight big city mayors from...
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the city has agreed to surrender some control of the opd. cbs 5 reporter da lin on those who say it will now be harder to fight crime. >> that agreement in my opinion is going to be absolutely worse for the oakland police department to be able to function. >> reporter: oakland mayor jean quan and police chief howard jordan did not want to talk about the partial federal takeover. but councilman ignacio de la fuente says the arrangement creates too many restrictions on police officers to fight crime. >> police got have the ability to use what they learn in order to identify people before they commit crimes. >> reporter: the compliance director would be able to punish and fire the police chief and the command staff. civil rights attorney john burris says that person is basically the chief of the police chief. >> this is a game changer in many ways, and so it should be felt all the way down to the officers on the street. >> reporter: burris insists the compliance director will not direct officers on how to did is -- on how to do their jobs on a
the city has agreed to surrender some control of the opd. cbs 5 reporter da lin on those who say it will now be harder to fight crime. >> that agreement in my opinion is going to be absolutely worse for the oakland police department to be able to function. >> reporter: oakland mayor jean quan and police chief howard jordan did not want to talk about the partial federal takeover. but councilman ignacio de la fuente says the arrangement creates too many restrictions on police officers...
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redwood city across the dumbarton to union city, fremont, hayward, showers right now. this will head to the north and east. that will hit you in the tri- valley, pleasanton, livermore, dublin, also seeing some showers toward the coast south of pacifica but looking at the overall big view there's not much going on for san francisco in the north bay currently and that's good because you have two inches of rain earlier today and we are looking at some showers about 4 or 5 hours north of san francisco. that's the leading edge of the rain that will get here after midnight tonight. let's show you a couple of the beautiful sights of today. it was wet and windy but we also this that beautiful mix of sunshine and rain which gives us pictures like this. lots of rainbows around with that mix of sun and rainfall today. mid-50s outside right now. san francisco 3535. san jose 56. so many of you heading to the mall on a friday night in concord now it is currently 53 degrees. we can thank the cloud cover for preventing from us getting anywhere close to a freeze. couple of nights ago y
redwood city across the dumbarton to union city, fremont, hayward, showers right now. this will head to the north and east. that will hit you in the tri- valley, pleasanton, livermore, dublin, also seeing some showers toward the coast south of pacifica but looking at the overall big view there's not much going on for san francisco in the north bay currently and that's good because you have two inches of rain earlier today and we are looking at some showers about 4 or 5 hours north of san...
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initially, the city thought it would take months to fix. but crews were already hard at work today on the collapsed section of roadway and they will be working around the clock until it's fixed. the contractor c.c. meyers is known for quick emergency repairs. the project is expected to cost around $600,000. >>> the highest tides of the year hit the bay area today. and lived up to their name. the so-called king tides, thank you very much, swallowed up beaches all along the shoreline in some spots the water rushing right into town. the tides hit their peak about mid-morning. and in some areas, the waters rows a couple of inches. others, several feet. this business in mill valley scrambling to stack the sandbags around its buildings. >> it's amazing, coming up high. >> bill hudson river sent this in an hour after high tide. even then the water level is as high as the bumpers of several suvs. same story in southern california. drivers had to deal with flooding along the stretch of road. sunset beach today. part of the pacific coast highway shut
initially, the city thought it would take months to fix. but crews were already hard at work today on the collapsed section of roadway and they will be working around the clock until it's fixed. the contractor c.c. meyers is known for quick emergency repairs. the project is expected to cost around $600,000. >>> the highest tides of the year hit the bay area today. and lived up to their name. the so-called king tides, thank you very much, swallowed up beaches all along the shoreline in...
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in the city 54. san jose 55. and in santa rosa 55. the extended forecast we are looking for a nice day tomorrow and increasing clouds and a chance of showers on friday. after friday, the weekend looks unsettled. maybe rain on-again, off- again. timing is hard to call on this. monday and tuesday unsettled. so stay tuned on the extend. it looks wet on friday. lets me once again toss to my good pal, roberta. >> i seriously love that man. thanks, brian. >>> good evening, tonight is another extraordinary night for "food for bay area families." here at cbs 5 we have olivia and lucas and we have chief instructor mike lee from the kung fu academy out of concord. and my good buddy larry sly who is executive director of the food banks from solano and contra costa counties. thank you so much for being here. mike, you and your students have done extraordinary things to feed the hungry here in the bay area. please explain. >> on saturday november 17, the kung fu academy in concord holessed a food drive party for our students, families and the loca
in the city 54. san jose 55. and in santa rosa 55. the extended forecast we are looking for a nice day tomorrow and increasing clouds and a chance of showers on friday. after friday, the weekend looks unsettled. maybe rain on-again, off- again. timing is hard to call on this. monday and tuesday unsettled. so stay tuned on the extend. it looks wet on friday. lets me once again toss to my good pal, roberta. >> i seriously love that man. thanks, brian. >>> good evening, tonight is...
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meyers, the company that was hired to do this work, and the lafayette city manager steven falk says the reason they picked this company is because they can do it and they have a lot of work to do. >> they are going to route the stormwater around the -- they are going to put the dam in the creek and route the stormwater around the failed pipe. once that he achieve that, they will clear out the creek -- once they achieve that, they will clear out the creek, establish a stream bed on the bottom, then they will bring in a bunch of really big pipes, 10- foot diameter pipes. each section weighs 42,000 pounds. >> reporter: this is the company that can do it, as i said. you remember this company, c.c. meyers, back in 2007, they were the ones who repaired the macarthur maze after that tanker truck fire literally melted down the structure. and they got a $5 million bonus for that one. it came in 27 days ahead of schedule. and then would months later, this company pulled off another one. they replaced the double deck portion of the bay bridge -- remember when they installed the "s" curve, they had
meyers, the company that was hired to do this work, and the lafayette city manager steven falk says the reason they picked this company is because they can do it and they have a lot of work to do. >> they are going to route the stormwater around the -- they are going to put the dam in the creek and route the stormwater around the failed pipe. once that he achieve that, they will clear out the creek -- once they achieve that, they will clear out the creek, establish a stream bed on the...
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. >> reporter: when the call reporting a gunman on the san jose city college campus came into the campus police dispatch office, there was no way to know if the call was a hoax or the real thing. but campus police chief says in this day and age launching a full response and locking down buildings is the only choice. >> you have to take every call seriously, whether it ends up being unfounded or a prank or a joke or being the real thing. every call that's potentially violent in nature has to be treated very, very seriously. >> reporter: responding to an active shooter is something that is now plans for by campus authorities. for san jose city college and evergreen valley college those emergency plans are outlined in these thick binders. >> so about 4:15 she notified me that there was a possible gunman on campus. >> reporter: rita is chancellor and says the training for the most part worked. >> they learned some good lessons. they barricaded classrooms, cut off shutters, turned down lights. you become an active participant and don't just hide somewhere because you're sort of a sitting targ
. >> reporter: when the call reporting a gunman on the san jose city college campus came into the campus police dispatch office, there was no way to know if the call was a hoax or the real thing. but campus police chief says in this day and age launching a full response and locking down buildings is the only choice. >> you have to take every call seriously, whether it ends up being unfounded or a prank or a joke or being the real thing. every call that's potentially violent in...